A Bill to Gut Endangered Species Protections Faced a Major Setback This Week

A Bill to Gut Endangered Species Protections Faced a Major Setback This Week

The U.S. House of Representatives unexpectedly canceled a vote on a bill that would defang the Endangered Species Act.

How Republicans Are Trying to Gut the Endangered Species Act

Americans may not agree on much, but it seems fair to say that most are pretty happy that the bald eagle isn’t extinct. When the Senate passed the Endangered Species Act on a 92-0 vote in 1973, bald eagles were among the first on the protected list, their population having cratered to fewer than 450 nesting pairs by the early 1960s. Now delisted, bald eagles easily outnumber the population of St. Louis, Missouri, in 2026, at more than 300,000 in…

Bill to Amend Endangered Species Act Pulled at Last Minute Amid Outrage

Major revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a hallmark law of American conservation, were set to go before Congress for a vote this week. The bill would have changed the listing process for imperiled species and weakened several other aspects of the law. After major outcry from lawmakers and conservation nonprofits, House Speaker Mike Johnson unexpectedly pulled the bill from the floor. The Bill The ESA, passed in 1973, helps protect en…